The Spooktator is back! In this episode, Hayley, Paul, and Charlie talk about parasocial relationships in paranormal media, asking whose interests are being served, and who is really your spooky friend?

Breaking out of quarantine to ask: does the Black Lives Matter movement affect paranormal research? Was there an increase in paranormal activity during lockdown? Was a ghost cyclist really caught on camera? Where did all of those UFOs come from? This episode also features an interview with Lancashire Anomalous Phenomena Investigation Society

Hayley is joined for this episode by Blake Smith and Jeb Card to discuss S1 & S2 of Hellier (produced by Planet Weird), and the shifting landscape of paranormal research. Blake Smith is a writer, researcher, and podcaster and hosts the MonsterTalk Podcast and the In ReSearch Of Podcast which he co-hosts with Jeb Card, an Archaeologist and author of 'Spooky Archaeology'. Episode notes: https://spooktator.co.uk/index.php/2020/03/28/exploring-hellier/

Did you miss us? The Spooktator is back in this extra long episode. The team discuss the latest in the Dear David saga, the ghost of Lauriston Castle, an update on a haunted Witches Prison and the death of Derek Acorah...

What's a paranormal podcast to do to celebrate Halloween? Why, sit down and interview award-winning horror and paranormal writer Stephen Volk of course!

Welcome to this Spooktator Mini in which Hayley interviews Julie Aspin about her work to eradicate the myths and mistruths that surround the 1612 Lancashire Witch Trials. This is part of The Spooktator collab. with LAPIS Paranormal ahead of their LAPIS conference 2019. Check out www.lapisparanormal.com for details.

What's with all the houses with infamous histories in the news this month? Including one which is... legally haunted? PLUS we interview Rob Gandy about Phantom Hitchhikers!

This episode features the first collaboration between The Spooktator and LAPIS. Hayley interviews Peter Laws ahead of the LAPIS Paranormal Conference in November. Laws is the author of 'The Frighteners: Why We Love Monsters, Ghosts, Death & Gore'. PLUS: Wrinkles The Clown, Eels in Loch Ness and much more!

Should you go hunting for the ghost of Myra Hindley? What do YOU believe about UFOs? These are some of the questions we ponder in this episode of The Spooktator!

Surprise! While we're on a between-season break, we thought we'd share this episode full of bits that didn't make final episodes, including real-life spooky experiences from listeners. Enjoy! We'll be back in September, until then remember - spooky is in the eye of the beholder.